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Robert Michael Baker

Born: 24 July 1975, Osborne Park, Perth, Western Australia
Major Teams: Western Australia.
Known As: Rob Baker
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Orthodox


Australia Under-19s 1993/94 (captain)
Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1994

Career Statistics:

FIRST-CLASS
 (1994/95 - 1999/00)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   30   53   7  1308  111*  28.43   1   6   25   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             303.4   76   891   24  37.12  6-53    1   0  75.9  2.93

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995/96 - 2001/02)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   29   26   7   367   55   19.31   0   1    6   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling              68      1   370    9  41.11  3-25    0   0  45.3  5.44

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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A quiet and unassuming cricketer, Rob Baker showed great promise as a junior player, ultimately becoming Australia's under-19 captain in 1994 and an inductee of the Australian Cricket Academy the same year. As a skilled middle order batsman and handy left arm spin bowler, he duly progressed to make his senior state debut in 1995-96 and compiled a superb 83 in the Sheffield Shield Final that season to underline his ability. Depth in batting resources made it hard for him to win a permanent berth for the next three seasons but, when he struck his maiden first-class century (against Tasmania in Perth) in 1998-99 and followed it with a defiant 88 in grim circumstances in Melbourne to steer the Warriors into that season's Shield Final, it seemed his place in the Western Australian senior side was secure. Yet, shortly after becoming the first bowler to take a hat-trick for the state in a domestic one-day match, Baker's career then stalled as the legacy of an on-field collision with a club teammate in late 1999 which presented him with a fractured cheekbone. Even worse was to follow when the onset of chronic fatigue syndrome cut him down in 2000, forcing him to undergo a long period of recovery that ensured that another two years passed before he was able to play for Western Australia again. (John Polack, January 2002)

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